RECANTS
Verb
recants
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recant
Anagrams
• Canters, Castner, Cretans, canters, carnets, nectars, scanter, tanrecs, trances
Source: Wiktionary
RECANT
Re*cant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.]
Etym: [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- +
cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]
Definition: To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions
formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take
back openly; to retract; to recall.
How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and
void! Milton.
Syn.
– To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See
Renounce.
Re*cant", v. i.
Definition: To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been
said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition